January 24, 2012 | In: Health, Health 2.0, Health Care, health IT, HIPAA, Physician
It’s easy to make predictions about health IT for the year to come, but what if someone asked what your IT wishes were for 2012? What would you like to see happen most in the health IT space? We asked Wendy Whittington, MD, a practicing pediatrician...
November 29, 2011 | In: E-Prescription, EMR, Health Care, health IT, Hospital, Physician
Illustration by Jon Krause after Henri Rousseau Since he was a teenager, Daniel Wolk, MD, a family physician in the suburbs of Philadelphia, has had a passion for protecting the environment. Now that he is physician, he sees energy conservation as...
November 14, 2011 | In: Medical Transcription, Medical Transcription Outsourcing, Physician
The recent HIPAA laws in the USA seeking to attend to the consumer (patient in this case) have made for improved healthcare and the present global scenario of competitive healthcare has been made much more cost conscious with its affect on the employment...
October 29, 2011 | In: Medical Transcription, Medical Transcription Outsourcing, Physician
Six sigma for medical transcription View more presentations from...
October 25, 2011 | In: CCHIT, EHR, EMR, Health 2.0, Health Care, Hospital, Physician
Regional extension centers can help you select and implement an electronic health record system and attest to meaningful use. There are 62 RECs spread across the country. Implementing an electronic health record (EHR) system in your primary...
October 17, 2011 | In: Physician
eLearning has revolutionized the study arena in many ways. Presently, almost all recognized global universities have eLearning programs for various disciplines. Experts are trying to find out new ways through which students can learn faster and gain...
October 13, 2011 | In: EHR, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, EMR Stimulus Package, Hospital, Physician
As providers adopt electronic health records systems, they gradually become more adept with the technology as they flip the switch on advanced features and become conversant with the capabilities and quirks of the software. Each advance, however small,...
October 8, 2011 | In: CCHIT, Health 2.0, Health IT Policy, Hospital, Physician
The widespread development of health information exchange is happening quickly, and with it comes worries about confidentiality, privacy and security. But its benefits far outweigh potential concerns and include improved quality of care and reduced...
September 5, 2011 | In: CCHIT, health IT, Health IT Policy, Hospital, Physician
The Departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture have signed a memorandum of understanding linking rural hospitals and clinicians to capital loan programs to help them purchase software and hardware needed to implement health IT. On Aug....
July 13, 2011 | In: E-Prescription, EHR, Health, health IT, HITECH Act, Physician
Despite what you’ve been told all these years, your dreadful handwriting is not the only cause of prescription mistakes. In fact, a recent study suggests that outpatient computer-generated prescriptions may be just as error-prone as your old...
April 28, 2011 | In: Health, Health Care, health IT, Health IT Policy, Physician
Well-publicized health information breach incidents are serving as important reminders that paying attention to the physical security of data centers is a vital component of any information security strategy. For example, in the largest breach reported...
April 25, 2011 | In: CCHIT, EMR Stimulus Package, Physician
President Obama on April 13 rebutted a House Republican plan to trim $4 trillion worth of federal deficits over a decade with his own proposal that he said would protect guaranteed benefits in Medicare and Medicaid. Obama also proposed that the...
April 25, 2011 | In: CCHIT, EHR, Electronic Health Records, EMR, Health Care, health IT, Physician
For those of you who do not know me personally, I am an internist and have been in private practice in central Florida for more than 30 years. Like so many of you, I have had to make changes -- expensive changes -- over the years to keep my office up...
April 6, 2011 | In: AMGA, ARRA, health IT, Health IT Policy, Hospital, Physician
The Managed Care Executive Group, a national organization of U.S. senior health plan executives, met last week in Arizona to discuss the top issues that health plans face in 2011. The 22nd Annual Forum, lead by industry thought leaders such as...
April 1, 2011 | In: AMGA, ARRA, EHR, EHR companies, EMR, Physician
House Republicans issued a report Wednesday and plan to hold a hearing Friday to investigate AARP's support for the health law as well as the organization's business interests. The Washington Post: In Campaign Against Health Care Law,...
